Friday memery, part 1: “It’s what the help eats!”

4 years ago

Need context? Here’s some: WKZO: Trumps tweet support for Goya Foods amid boycott campaign The Denver Channel: President Trump and…

Scenes from this morning’s bike ride

4 years ago

I’ve managed to not put on the “Quarantine Fifteen” by doing a 10K bike ride at least five days a…

Midweek memes, part 1: “Der Feuerteufel” (Literally “The Fire Devil”)

4 years ago

Last month, this painting appeared on the cover of Der Spiegel (here’s the international edition, in English), the most-read news…

Last night’s side dish: “Layogenic” curried cauliflower

4 years ago

For the next five weeks, I’m teaching an online Python class from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Mondays and…

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis downplays the coronavirus threat. Two months later…

4 years ago

May 20, 2020: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, toeing the Trump Administration’s line of pretending everything is fine, castigates the media…

If “Floridian” was a race in Dungeons and Dragons

4 years ago

Why play a human, elf, or dwarf in Dungeons and Dragons, when you can play a race that really knows how…

Tonight’s dinner: Mapo tofu!

4 years ago

One of my favorite Chinese dishes is mapo tofu, a Sichuan dish whose name translates as “pockmarked grandma’s tofu”. It’s…

Cheapass handyman hint of the day: Yea, though I walk through the valley of hex-wrench shelving, I shall fear no assembly…

4 years ago

...for I studied physics, and I have duct tape. Here’s the story: I was assembling a set of shelves for…